Abrasive surfaced glove



Oct. 6, 1964 P. scHoLz 3,151,333

ABRASIVE SURFACED GLOVE Filed NOV. 16, 1962 ATTORNEYS United StatesPatent O 3,151,333 ABRASYVE SURFACEE GLOVE Paul Scholz, Wolliner Strasse62, Hamburg-Rahistedt, Germany Filed Nov. 15, 1962, Ser. No. 238,153Claims priority, application Germany Nov. 17, 1961 3 Claims. (Ci. 2-161)The invention relates a glove for doing household work, in particularwhen peeling potates and cleaning vegetables, Without a knife or otherappliance.

Working gloves of rubber or plastic material for household use areknown. Working gloves that have been in use so far, primarily served thepurpose of protecting the skin from washing liquids, fruit and vegetablejuices and dirt. These known gloves mostly have a smooth surface and areprovided with a slightly rcughened surface only in the handling areas toincrease the frictional contact with the articles which are handled.

The present invention is directed to the task of providing a glove forhouse work which substantially simplifies and improves the peeling ofpotatoes and the cleaning of vegetables while at the same timeprovidingy the desired protection for the hands with respect to dirt andvegetable juices.

In accordance with the invention, this problem is solved in that theouter surface of the glove is provided with a rough surface in thoseareas which contact the vegetables to be cleaned. The roughened surfacegenerally covers the palm of the hand, the insides of the fingers andthe thumb.

In accordance with another feature of the invention, the thumb has itsouter surface provided with a roughened surface over its entirety sothat it may serve as a kind of tool when cleaning the vegetables. Theglove consists of rubber or rubber-like synthetics. In accordance withthe invention, the roughened surfaces are constituted by rough membersof granular polyvinyl chloride synthetics or similar material havingsharp edges which are applied onto the surface.

Another feature of the invention lies in the fact that the glove islined with a low friction material and is highly flexible in order toquickly put on or take off the glove. 'fThis low friction materialgenerally consists of a textile abric.

To manufacture the new working glove,'the finished low friction lining,for instance a pre-sewed glove of Woven material, is provided with acoating of polyvinyl chloride material in a dipping process.Subsequently,

the sharp-edged granules produced on a polyvinyl chloride or similarmaterial basis are applied onto the surface. Finally, the glove issubjected to a heat treatment at 180, the so-called gelling step, inwhich the polyvinyl chloride material is solidified and an intimateconnection is effected between the glove and the sharp-edged granules.

Using this glove, vegetables such as, for instance, potatoes, turnips,carrots, kohlrabi and similar products of the fields may be cleaned andpeeled without any other auxiliary means. In so doing, the fruits areturned between the rough surfaces of the gloves and cleaned with the aidof water. The abrasion of the vegetables by means of the rough surfacesof the gloves offers the advantage that only a very thin surface layeris removed'from the fruits so that the nutrients which are mostly lyingVdirectly underneath the peel andthe layers rich is vitamins are notremoved together with the peel.

Indentations which may be present at thesurface from which the peel isnot removed during the simple abrading operation may be retreated withthe aid of the roughened surfaces of the thumb. The peeling glovesurpasses cleaning machines which are driven by hand, because anyindentations of the fruit may be neatly cleaned by the thumb.

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With the aid of the new glove, which at the same time protects the hand,any housewife may easily handle her work in contradistinction to themore or less complicated peeling machines, which must always be fastenedto some rigid underlayers and in which, for instance, moveable peelingknives must be forced back in order to centrally pierce each individualfruit to be peeled and in which only the continuous rotation of a handlemakes possible the peeling operation.

One embodiment of the glove in accordance with the invention which isintended for household work, is shown by Way of example in FIGS. 1 to 3.In the drawings,

FIG. 1 shows a mitten,

FIG. 2 a sectional View taken on line 2 2 of FIG. 1, and

FIG. 3 a glove with fingers.

The glove is provided inside with a lining of a low friction material 1and the outside consists of a layer of rubber or rubber-like synthetics2. The palm of the hand, the insides of the four fingers and the thumbof the surface of layer 2 are covered with a roughened surface 3 whichis shown hatched in the drawings. The roughened surface 3 consists ofsharp-edged granules 4 made of polyvinyl chloride synthetics or asimilar material. The thumb 5 has the whole of its surface provided withthe roughening granules 4.

What l claim is:

1. A hand covering having an abrasive surface `for peeling foods and thelike comprising, in combination, an inner fabric liner having palm,finger, and thumb portions and an outer surface, an impervious flexiblematerial bonded to said liner outer surface forming a continuous filmthereover, an outer surface defined on said film, a plurality ofsharp-edged, abrasive granules bonded to said film outer surface wherebysharp edges thereof extend from said film outer surface, said granulesbeing located on said film outer surface on said palm portion, theinside of said linger portion, and entirely over and about said thumbportion.

2. A hand covering having an abrasive surface for peeling foods and thelike comprising, in combination, an inner fabric liner having an outersurface, an impervious, flexible film of polyvinyl chloride bonded tothe outer surface of said liner, an outer surface defined on said filmand a plurality of sharp-edged, polyvinyl chloride granules bonded tosaid film outer surface, sharp edges thereof extending from said filmouter surface.

3. A hand covering having an abrasive surface for peeling foods and thelike comprising, in combination, an inner fabric liner having palm,finger, and thumb portions and an outer surface, an impervious flexiblellm of polyvinyl chloride bonded to said liner outer sur face, an outersurface defined on said film, a plurality of sharp-edged, abrasivegranules of polyvinyl chloride bonded by a heat treatment' to said filmouter surface whereby'sharp edges thereof extend from said film outersurface, said granules being located in said film outer surface on saidpalm portion, the inside of said finger porg tion, and entirely over andabout said thumb portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

1. A HAND COVERING HAVING AN ABRASIVE SURFACE FOR PEELING FOODS AND THELIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION AN INNER FABRIC LINER HAVING PALM,FINGER, AND THUMB PORTIONS AND AN OUTER SURFACE, AN IMPERVIOUS FLEXIBLEMATERIAL BONDED TO SAID LINER OUTER SURFACE FORMING A CONTINUOUS FILMTHEREOVER, AN OUTER SURFACE DEFINED ON SAID FILM, A PLURALITY OFSHARP-EDGED, ABRASIVE GRANULES BONDED TO SAID FILM OUTER SURFACE WHEREBYSHARP EDGES THEREOF EXTEND FROM SAID FILM OUTER SURFACE, SAID GRANULESBEING LOCATED ON SAID FILM OUTER SURFACE ON SAID PALM PORTION, THEINSIDE OF SAID FINGER PORTION, AND ENTIRELY OVER AND ABOUT SAID THUMBPORTION.